Restaurants In 1996, Lefebvre moved to Los Angeles and began working at L'Orangerie under
Gilles Epie. In 2004, he moved to the restaurant Bastide on Melrose Place. He created a series of
pop-ups called LudoBites. In 2010, Lefebvre opened a food truck, LudoTruc, selling fried chicken. In October 2013, he opened a brick and mortar location, LudoBird, inside the
STAPLES Center. In March 2016, the second location of LudoBird opened at City Walk, Universal Studios Hollywood. In 2013, Lefebvre opened Michelin-starred Trois Mec in partnership Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo. The restaurant's Grilled Baby Corn with Black Garlic was named one of
Food & Wine's Best Restaurant Dishes of 2013. In 2014, Lefebvre opened Petit Trois, a bistro concept, next door to Trois Mec. Petit Trois was a 2015
James Beard finalist for Best New Restaurant.
Television appearances In 2006, Lefebvre appeared on
Iron Chef America, challenging
Mario Batali in a battle of Big Eye Tuna, where Batali prevailed. Beginning in 2009, Lefebvre appeared on the first and second seasons of
Top Chef Masters. He was a guest judge on season 8 of ''
Hell's Kitchen in 2010, and season 20 in 2020. In 2011 alongside his wife, Krissy, he starred in a seven-episode series entitled Ludo Bites America'' on the
Sundance Channel in which the couple open pop-ups in various cities. In 2016, he hosted Season 5 of
Mind of a Chef. In 2020, he was a guest chef on the first episode of
Selena Gomez's cooking series,
Selena + Chef. In 2022, he co-hosted the
TBS cooking competition
Rat in the Kitchen with
Natasha Leggero. Lefebvre appeared on the October 1, 2025 episode of
Mel Owen's season of
The Golden Bachelor showing Mel and his one-on-one date with Debbie how to make a French omelet and cooking for them.
Books •
Crave: The Feast of the Five Senses (2005) •
LudoBites: Recipes and Stories from the Pop-Up Restaurants of Ludo Lefebvre (2012) ==Personal life==